Kevin D. Dykstra

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Kevin D. Dykstra is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin D. Dykstra has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Organic Chemistry, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kevin D. Dykstra's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (4 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (4 papers). Kevin D. Dykstra is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (4 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (4 papers). Kevin D. Dykstra collaborates with scholars based in United States and Czechia. Kevin D. Dykstra's co-authors include Shane W. Krska, Petr Váchal, Tim Cernak, Sriram Tyagarajan, Daniel A. DiRocco, Matthew T. Tudge, Donald V. Conway, Eric Streckfuss, Chelsea A. Huff and Ryan D. Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kevin D. Dykstra

17 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The medicinal chemist's toolbox for late stage functionalization of drug-like molecules

2015 1.4k citations Tim Cernak, Kevin D. Dykstra et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Late‐Stage Functionalization of Biologically Active Heterocycles Through Photoredox Catalysis

2014 423 citations Daniel A. DiRocco, Kevin D. Dykstra et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin D. Dykstra United States	10	2.1k	377	331	254	164	17	2.4k
Karl D. Collins Germany	21	2.2k 1.1×	448 1.2×	308 0.9×	180 0.7×	210 1.3×	24	2.6k
Simon Berritt United States	20	1.4k 0.7×	328 0.9×	497 1.5×	210 0.8×	293 1.8×	44	2.0k
Matthew T. Tudge United States	20	1.9k 0.9×	554 1.5×	253 0.8×	109 0.4×	229 1.4×	30	2.2k
Antonio Ramı́rez United States	25	1.7k 0.8×	407 1.1×	265 0.8×	111 0.4×	87 0.5×	70	2.0k
James J. Mousseau United States	28	3.3k 1.6×	504 1.3×	371 1.1×	401 1.6×	68 0.4×	46	3.6k
Neal W. Sach United States	22	2.0k 1.0×	437 1.2×	413 1.2×	635 2.5×	426 2.6×	52	2.8k
Yining Ji United States	21	1.4k 0.7×	527 1.4×	275 0.8×	535 2.1×	263 1.6×	48	1.9k
Richard D. Tillyer United States	23	1.8k 0.9×	496 1.3×	598 1.8×	175 0.7×	172 1.0×	43	2.1k
Nikolaos Kaplaneris Germany	29	2.8k 1.4×	522 1.4×	587 1.8×	313 1.2×	88 0.5×	38	3.0k
S. B. Jennifer Kan United States	21	1.4k 0.7×	362 1.0×	1.1k 3.2×	110 0.4×	212 1.3×	30	2.3k

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Wleklinski, Michael, P Carpenter, Kevin D. Dykstra, et al.. (2024). Parallel purification of microscale libraries via automated solid phase extraction. SLAS TECHNOLOGY. 29(2). 100126–100126. 3 indexed citations

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Krska, Shane W., Bing Li, Sriram Tyagarajan, et al.. (2024). Harnessing the Power of C–H Functionalization Chemistry to Accelerate Drug Discovery. Synlett. 35(8). 862–876. 6 indexed citations

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Gesmundo, Nathan J., Kevin D. Dykstra, James L. Douthwaite, et al.. (2023). Miniaturization of popular reactions from the medicinal chemists’ toolbox for ultrahigh-throughput experimentation. Nature Synthesis. 2(11). 1082–1091. 25 indexed citations

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Dykstra, Kevin D., Alexei V. Buevich, Qi Gao, Yu‐hong Lam, & Jeffrey T. Kuethe. (2022). Photoredox-Catalyzed Giese Reactions: Decarboxylative Additions to Cyclic Vinylogous Amides and Esters. Molecules. 27(2). 417–417. 1 indexed citations

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Dykstra, Kevin D., Eric Streckfuss, Min Liu, et al.. (2021). Synthesis of HDAC Inhibitor Libraries via Microscale Workflow. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 12(3). 337–342. 14 indexed citations

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Cernak, Tim, Kevin D. Dykstra, Sriram Tyagarajan, Petr Váchal, & Shane W. Krska. (2017). Correction: The medicinal chemist's toolbox for late stage functionalization of drug-like molecules. Chemical Society Reviews. 46(6). 1760–1760. 1 indexed citations

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Kutchukian, Peter S., James F. Dropinski, Kevin D. Dykstra, et al.. (2016). Chemistry informer libraries: a chemoinformatics enabled approach to evaluate and advance synthetic methods. Chemical Science. 7(4). 2604–2613. 187 indexed citations

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Huff, Chelsea A., Ryan D. Cohen, Kevin D. Dykstra, et al.. (2016). Photoredox-Catalyzed Hydroxymethylation of Heteroaromatic Bases. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81(16). 6980–6987. 121 indexed citations

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Tyagarajan, Sriram, et al.. (2015). Heterocyclic Regioisomer Enumeration (HREMS): A Cheminformatics Design Tool. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 55(6). 1130–1135. 9 indexed citations

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Cernak, Tim, Kevin D. Dykstra, Sriram Tyagarajan, Petr Váchal, & Shane W. Krska. (2015). The medicinal chemist's toolbox for late stage functionalization of drug-like molecules. Chemical Society Reviews. 45(3). 546–576. 1403 indexed citations breakdown →

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DiRocco, Daniel A., Kevin D. Dykstra, Shane W. Krska, et al.. (2014). Late‐Stage Functionalization of Biologically Active Heterocycles Through Photoredox Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 126(19). 4902–4906. 107 indexed citations

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DiRocco, Daniel A., Kevin D. Dykstra, Shane W. Krska, et al.. (2014). Late‐Stage Functionalization of Biologically Active Heterocycles Through Photoredox Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(19). 4802–4806. 423 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dykstra, Kevin D., Dorothy Levorse, Andreas Verras, et al.. (2011). Synthesis of oxaspiropiperidines as a strategy for lowering logD. Tetrahedron Letters. 52(48). 6457–6459. 2 indexed citations

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Dykstra, Kevin D., Liangqin Guo, Elizabeth T. Birzin, et al.. (2007). Estrogen receptor ligands. Part 16: 2-Aryl indoles as highly subtype selective ligands for ERα. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17(8). 2322–2328. 54 indexed citations

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Chen, Helen Y., Kevin D. Dykstra, Elizabeth T. Birzin, et al.. (2004). Estrogen receptor ligands. Part 1: The discovery of flavanoids with subtype selectivity. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14(6). 1417–1421. 42 indexed citations

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Wilkening, Robert R., Ronald W. Ratcliffe, Kenneth J. Wildonger, et al.. (1999). Synthesis and activity of 2-(sulfonamido)methyl-carbapenems: Discovery of a novel, anti-MRSA 1,8-naphthosultam pharmacophore. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 9(5). 673–678. 21 indexed citations

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Dykstra, Kevin D. & Frank DiNinno. (1998). The syntheses of functionalized 2-alkenyl and alkynyl-1-β-methyl-carbapenems via the stille cross-coupling reaction. Tetrahedron Letters. 39(14). 1865–1868. 4 indexed citations

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